# Employment Rate (20-64) — Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen (NUTS-2 BE23)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen (NUTS-2 BE23) was 78.8% in 2025, down 0.1 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 73.1% (2015) to 80.0% (2022), averaging 76.9%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE-23.EMPRATE.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (27 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/belgium/employment-rate-20-64-prov-oost-vlaanderen-nuts-2-be23

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 78.8% |
| 2024 | 78.9% |
| 2023 | 78.9% |
| 2022 | 80.0% |
| 2021 | 79.2% |
| 2020 | 77.1% |
| 2019 | 76.5% |
| 2018 | 75.9% |
| 2017 | 73.6% |
| 2016 | 74.0% |
| 2015 | 73.1% |
| 2014 | 73.7% |
| 2013 | 74.3% |
| 2012 | 73.2% |
| 2011 | 73.0% |
| 2010 | 73.3% |
| 2009 | 73.5% |
| 2008 | 74.3% |
| 2007 | 72.4% |
| 2006 | 71.9% |
| 2005 | 72.1% |
| 2004 | 70.4% |
| 2003 | 69.4% |
| 2002 | 68.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE-23.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE-23.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```